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Words 20801–20900
20801alcôve
alcove
Noun
20802mirador
mirador; watchtower
Noun
20803snob
snobbish, snobby
Adjective
20804limier
sleuth; bloodhound, limer; sleuth; detective
Noun
20805calembour
pun (joke or type of wordplay)
Noun
20806anglican
Anglican
Noun
20807fenouil
fennel
Noun
20808têtard
tadpole (larva of the frog or toad)
Noun
20809appauvri
impoverished
Adjective
20810obstétrique
obstetrics
Noun
20811décroitre
post-1990 spelling of décroître
Verb
20812gau
louse
Noun
20813omniscient
omniscient
Adjective
20814croustiller
to get crunchier; to crunch, munch
Verb
20815sec
sharply, abruptly, quickly, swiftly, briskly
Adverb
20816prédéterminer
to predetermine
Verb
20817sumo
sumo; sumotori
Noun
20818voiturette
small car; toy car; voiturette
Noun
20819campanile
campanile
Noun
20820étalonnage
calibration
Noun
20821burin
burin, graver
Noun
20822incisive
incisor (tooth)
Noun
20823ersatz
ersatz
Noun
20824ugh
how
Interjection
20825leasing
leasing
Noun
20826oisiveté
idleness (of a person), as in laziness or indolence
Noun
20827despotisme
despotism (government by a singular authority)
Noun
20828mégarde
oversight, inattention
Noun
20829densification
densification
Noun
20830religiosité
religiosity, a disposition for the religious, the sacred aspects of life
Noun
20831tactiquement
tactically
Adverb
20832incidemment
incidentally (in an incidental manner)
Adverb
20833consciencieusement
conscientiously
Adverb
20834écologiquement
ecologically
Adverb
20835vélocité
velocity
Noun
20836pharmacologie
pharmacology
Noun
20837frénétiquement
frantically
Adverb
20838prépondérance
preponderance; predominance
Noun
20839sportivement
sportingly, sportively
Adverb
20840frontalement
frontally
Adverb
20841TCC
CBT
Noun
20842boulard
skin flick, porno (pornographic movie)
Noun
20843zone économique exclusive
exclusive economic zone
Noun
20844malencontreux
of a person; unfortunate, unlucky (experiencing misfortune); embarrassing, annoying; of a thing; troubling, grievous, woeful (causing or signalling unhappiness, grief, woe, etc.); unfortunate, unlucky (causing or signalling misfortune)
Adjective
20845fondamentaliste
fundamentalist
Noun
20846ampère
ampere
Noun
20847indémodable
ever-fashionable; timeless
Adjective
20848chansonnette
chansonnette
Noun
20849calculette
calculator (handheld device)
Noun
20850encyclique
encyclical
Noun
20851scrabble
a play where all seven tiles are used; a bingo
Noun
20852normalien
a student or graduate of the École normale supérieure
Noun
20853soutane
cassock, soutane; Roman Catholic priesthood, the Roman Catholic Church or institutions.
Noun
20854adouber
to dub (bestow the title of knight upon); to name (a minister, successor etc.); to adjust a piece in a board game, such as chess or backgammon
Verb
20855tétine
teat (of a cow or sow); teat (of a woman); teat (of a baby's bottle); dummy, pacifier
Noun
20856chauvin
jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)
Adjective
20857cunnilingus
cunnilingus
Noun
20858mordiller
to chew (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Verb
20859enchanteresse
enchantress; broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
Noun
20860danoise
danish (pastry)
Noun
20861brocanter
to trade at a jumble sale or flea market
Verb
20862escalope
escalope (thin slice of meat)
Noun
20863idiome
language; idiom (in the sense of a form of language proper to a folk or region)
Noun
20864rainure
groove
Noun
20865hydravion
seaplane
Noun
20866marionnettiste
puppeteer (person who uses a puppet)
Noun
20867batelier
riverboatman
Noun
20868opulent
opulent
Adjective
20869réa
intensive care
Noun
20870mondialiste
globalist; a team appearing in a World Cup
Noun
20871incubateur
incubatory
Adjective
20872salinité
salinity, saltiness
Noun
20873bistouri
bistoury, scalpel, surgical knife
Noun
20874chaloupe
launch; rowing boat (UK), rowboat (US)
Noun
20875Équatorien
Ecuadorian (resident or native of Ecuador)
Noun
20876brutaliser
to ill-treat, brutalise
Verb
20877flagellation
flagellation
Noun
20878yéti
yeti
Noun
20879dépeupler
to depopulate
Verb
20880courbature
stiffness (in the muscles), ache; founder, laminitis (horse ailment)
Noun
20881imberbe
beardless
Adjective
20882retweeter
to retweet
Verb
20883enneigé
snowy, snow-covered
Adjective
20884accalmie
lull; reprieve (period of calm)
Noun
20885anoblir
to ennoble, to knight (to bestow nobility, knighthood or a similar title upon somebody)
Verb
20886escher
to bait a hook
Verb
20887ouaille
sheep; ewe; flock (of sheep, or the people looked after by a Christian pastor)
Noun
20888perchoir
perch; roost; the seat of the President of the French National Assembly
Noun
20889impédance
impedance (physics, measure of opposition to flow of current)
Noun
20890urbaniser
to urbanize
Verb
20891alambic
alembic, still (device for distilling liquids)
Noun
20892illusionniste
conjuror, illusionist (performer)
Noun
20893nanoparticule
nanoparticle
Noun
20894saloper
to bugger up (do something badly); to muck up (make dirty)
Verb
20895syndiqué
member of a syndicate; trade unionist
Noun
20896tchétchène
of Chechnya; Chechen
Adjective
20897ombrer
to shade (put into the shade)
Verb
20898protéiner
to enrich with protein
Verb
20899cacique
chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe); a very powerful person
Noun
20900réapparaitre
post-1990 spelling of réapparaître
Verb